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Batman a Bust
PostedJuly 19, 2008
Rickster263
from Birmingham Alabama
First of all, let me say if you are a big Heath Ledger fan, go see the movie because it was his finest performance. As the Joker he was delightfully demented, and probably the best Joker in the history of the Batman series, but if you are a Batman fan, don’t waste your time.
Christian Bale does a fabulous job of reviving his version of the caped crusader, and as I said, Heath Ledger is the archetype Joker. Unfortunately, in a movie that has a running time of two hours and thirty-two minutes; Bale and Ledger are probably not on the screen half of that time. Instead the movie spends too much time trying to develop the love interest between Harvey Dent/Two Face (Aaron Eckhart) and Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal).
Don’t get me wrong, I do not have a problem with a love story, but I don’t go to a Batman movie to see it, especially, when someone other than Bruce Wayne is the one getting the girl. Then they spend so much time developing the character of Commissioner Gordon.
If the movie had been one hour and forty-five minutes, and contained all of Bale and Ledgers scenes it would have been a better movie. For the first hour and fifteen minutes my biggest concern was staying awake, and might I add that I was not completely successful.
With a great cast that included Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine, director Christopher Nolan had an opportunity to make “THE” Batman movie. He did not. This movie comes up dreadfully short,
Now if you still feel that you have to see the movie take my advice. Buy tickets to the 7 o’clock show, but don’t show up till about 8:15.
Christian Bale does a fabulous job of reviving his version of the caped crusader, and as I said, Heath Ledger is the archetype Joker. Unfortunately, in a movie that has a running time of two hours and thirty-two minutes; Bale and Ledger are probably not on the screen half of that time. Instead the movie spends too much time trying to develop the love interest between Harvey Dent/Two Face (Aaron Eckhart) and Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal).
Don’t get me wrong, I do not have a problem with a love story, but I don’t go to a Batman movie to see it, especially, when someone other than Bruce Wayne is the one getting the girl. Then they spend so much time developing the character of Commissioner Gordon.
If the movie had been one hour and forty-five minutes, and contained all of Bale and Ledgers scenes it would have been a better movie. For the first hour and fifteen minutes my biggest concern was staying awake, and might I add that I was not completely successful.
With a great cast that included Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine, director Christopher Nolan had an opportunity to make “THE” Batman movie. He did not. This movie comes up dreadfully short,
Now if you still feel that you have to see the movie take my advice. Buy tickets to the 7 o’clock show, but don’t show up till about 8:15.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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